ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,569, issued on May 19, was assigned to NANJING UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE & ECONOMICS (Nanjing, China).

"Method, device, system and computer readable medium for rapidly detecting pest egg in grain based on pest egg and pest hole structure features" was invented by Xiaolong Shao (Nanjing, China) and Xiaojing Yang (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, device, system and computer-readable medium for rapidly detecting a pest egg in a grain based on a pest egg structure feature and a pest hole structure feature is disclosed. The detecting method includes acquiring a gray digital image of a grain pile and three-dimensionally r...